Chapter 3 Righteousness Lasts Forever
"Ghosts, like people, are good and bad. There are many people in the world who are more harmful to people than ghosts. And some ghosts are wronged, and they suffer so much that they can't be reborn. In fact, there are many ghosts who are kinder than people. β
"Then why did you ......?"
"These are all forced by grandma, she is a thousand-year-old dryad, you can't fight her. Now she has betrothed me to the Lord of Montenegro as a concubine. After tonight, you're leaving......."
"I'm going to beg Yan Daxia, Yan Daxia is jealous and hateful, and he will definitely destroy the dryad!"
"Then do you know why Yan Chixia has lived in Lanruo Temple for so long? Grandma has fought with Yan Chixia many times, and each time she doesn't win or lose. Grandma has a forest to feed and recover faster than Yan Chixia, so Yan Chixia can only live here to block passers-by. Recently, grandma has been helped by the old man of Montenegro, and her skills are better than usual, Yan Chixia can't fight grandma. β
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On the second day, Ning Caichen informed Yan Chixia and Zhou Bai that in his opinion, Zhou Bai was an ordinary person, so it was only right not to wade into this troubled water and leave here as soon as possible.
"I beg Yan Daxia to help me take out Xiaoqian's ashes and save Xiaoqian from the clutches. β
"Ask what the world is like, and teach people to promise life and death. Zhou Bai shook his head and sighed, "Alas, you know that she is a ghost, aren't you afraid?"
"I.... I was really scared at first, but Xiaoqian never hurt me, and she cared about me everywhere. I like her, I want to save her. Ning Caichen recalled the bits and pieces of Xiaoqian, although they had only known each other for a few days, it was difficult to let go. "Zhou Gongzi, although I don't know who you are, this matter has nothing to do with you, so you better get out of here quickly. β
"Hahaha, stupid scholar, you are too naΓ―ve. Yan Chixia laughed, "Do you really think that this Zhou Gongzi is as powerless as you? I suppressed the tree demon here for half a year, and I have not been able to get rid of her, but I didn't expect her to use the strength of the old demon of Montenegro to soar, Zhou Gongzi, it seems that this time I need Confucianism and Taoism to join forces." β
"It's what I want. Zhou Bai smiled. "That's what I'm here for. β
"I'm a teacher at Yingchuan Academy, you should call me sir. He turned to Ning Caichen and said. "Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. β
"Zhou Gong.... Mr. Ning Caichen was surprised and gave a long salute. "Mr. Wang, help me. β
"Let me ask you one last time, people and ghosts are separated by yin and yang, and they can't be married, if the two of you are together, your yang energy will be eroded by her yin energy, and you will definitely lose your life for several years. Are you sure you want to be with her?"
Taking advantage of the dawn, the three of them went to the backyard of Lanruo Temple, where an overgrown mass grave with broken tombstones completely lost the atmosphere of the deep house compound at night, which ...... Ning Caichen stood in front of a tombstone, as if he was in another world. "The Tomb of the Beloved Daughter Nie Xiaoqian" caressed the tombstone, and Ning Caichen said in a low voice, "Xiaoqian, I will definitely save you." β
"Empty?!" Looking at the empty coffin, Yan Chixia was surprised.
"It seems that this dryad has hidden all the ashes of the female ghost so that it can be controlled by himself. Zhou Bai said: "Let's go to her body to find out." β
A huge locust tree is in the middle of the woods, covered in cobwebs. What a big tree! Zhou Bai couldn't help but sigh, Yan Chixia was accustomed to it because she often dealt with her, and Ning Caichen was anxious to find Nie Xiaoqian's ashes, so she didn't care.
Digging a foot in front of the tree, I found a pile of ashes, "There are so many, which one is Xiaoqian's?"
"Rescue them all, won't you know at night?" Zhou Bai shook his head, "Yan Daxia, do you have the magic power of mustard seed Na Sumeru." β
"This.... I'm a sword cultivator in Shushan, it's okay to fight and kill, where do I know what magical powers. β
"Forget it, let's move it together, and put it in the main hall of Lanruo Temple first. Kill the dryad at night and rescue Xiaoqian and other female ghosts. Zhou Bai shrugged, picked up the two casually and walked back, "Those who can work hard, you know that we scholars are powerless." β
"........." Yan Chixia looked helpless, stopped Ning Caichen, who was about to go down to the pit to take the ashes altar, and took out the Taiji array diagram from his arms, "Heaven and earth are infinite, Qiankun borrows the law!" The one-foot-square array instantly became larger, wrapping all the ashes altar in the pit and hanging it in front of Yan Chixia, "Taiji collects demons, Qiankun borrows the law!"
Zhou Bai walked leisurely to Lanruo Temple, his heart said that this heroic righteousness is only effective for foreign races, but it can't strengthen the body, helping to take two has been benevolent and righteous, hehe, I can see Yan Chixia as a porter, this trip is not worth it.
"Alas, young man, what impatience. I only said that I didn't have the magical powers of mustard seed Sumeru, and I didn't say that I couldn't carry these urns, and it was more than enough to collect these urns with the Taiji diagram of imprisoning demon beasts. The method of imperial weapons is my sword cultivation specialty. Yan Chixia, who was sitting on the stone steps, looked at the sluggish Zhou Bai with a mocking expression.
"......." Zhou Bai was speechless.
"I've moved things here, it's up to you next. Yan Chixia took out a pot of wine out of nowhere and poured it beautifully. "Mr. Zhou, isn't it safe for these ashes altars to be enlarged like this, what if they are taken away by the Dryad?" Ning Caichen frowned and walked out of the main hall. "It's okay, just wait for me to protect him with a gentle tone. Zhou Bai borrowed pen, ink and paper from Ning Caichen.
Sitting with clean hands, holding his breath and concentrating, the body is condensed on the tip of the pen, and the catharsis paper is barely neat, but the backbone is very, Ning Caichen seems to have a dazzling white light at first glance, but it is hidden in the words at a closer look. "Song of Righteousness" is so magnificent! Ning Caichen secretly said in his heart, isn't Mr. Zhou teaching? Why is the handwriting like this...... So..... It's unsightly.
Stopping his pen and retracting his breath, Zhou Bai looked at his work with satisfaction. Not bad, not bad. As a modern person, who will deliberately practice calligraphy, brush words or something since elementary school has not touched it again, okay! Barely able to recognize what is written is rare, fortunately there is Haoran righteousness to help, the handwriting will not be crooked. It seems that it is time to practice calligraphy in the future, otherwise this handwriting may be difficult to see. Haoran's qi will not be consumed, it can only be contaminated with style, so Zhou Bai wrote three in a row, and only succeeded in two, but it was enough.
"Ahem... It would be nice to gather the ashes altar in one place and seal it with this righteous song. β
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not too late, Zhou Bai continued to ask Yan Chixia for advice on his cultivation experience, hoping to use this to understand the method of refining the body. Last night, Yan Chixia had already explained that what she had learned was a teacher's inheritance and could not be passed on, so she couldn't teach Zhou Bai. Zhou Bai wanted to ask Yan Chixia's cultivation experience to see if he could understand anything, but unfortunately he didn't know if he had a fake system or if he had a bad understanding, so he didn't get anything....... Yan Chixia also wanted to help this young man, after all, the two of them were going to fight the enemy together, the tree demon who had cultivated for thousands of years, plus the old demon of Black Mountain who didn't know when he would appear, it was good to be able to strengthen Zhou Bai's strength a little.
"Yesterday I told you about my experience in practicing qi, and today I will talk about my sword path in Shushan. Yan Chixia sat cross-legged with a serious expression. "The sword of my Shushan is passed down from ancient times, the ancestor Lao Tzu went west out of Hangu Pass, and the Hangu Pass guard will be the teacher of my ancestor of Shushan, my ancestor learned the Tao Te Ching and the Liangyi Weiping Sword from Yin Xi Patriarch, and then followed the footsteps of Lao Jun to the west, introducing Western teachings, Buddhism and Taoism. The ancestor cast the mountain of the Tibetan sword with great magical powers, three thousand zhang high! Standing in front of the sword mound, my Shushan disciples are only worthy of one sword in their lives, and when they become adults, they must find their own swords in the Tibetan Sword Mountain, and all the disciples in the door must do their best to bring back their swords and bury them in the sword mound. β............
The sun gradually dimmed, and Zhou Bai gradually fell silent, from the experiences that Yan Chixia recounted, he learned about the inheritance of a sect, which was heavy and long.
Zhou Bai seems to have gained something, although he still hasn't realized any mental methods, but his mentality has changed a lot. He had come to this world completely from the perspective of a spectator, feeling that everything was unreal, that he was an NPC, and that he was just playing a game, looking at everything from a high perspective. And Yan Chixia's words made him suddenly wake up, everything is true, after he came here, he has become a part of the story, everyone is a real existence of flesh and blood, has their own story, has their own feelings, what they see in the movie is just an insignificant few days in the more than 30,000 days of these people's lives.
Looking at the sunset, when she came back to her senses, Yan Chixia was no longer there. The bleak wind shook the dead branches and leaves on the ground, the rotten and dilapidated stone steps, and the deep forest. Zhou Bai felt a little cool and dazzling. The world is so beautiful, since I came here, I don't seem to have paid attention to these things, the color of the leaves, the smell of the grass and trees, the warmth of the sun.
The dimensional wall was truly broken this time.
Zhou Bai couldn't help laughing, what was I doing before?!Following the so-called plot all the way, watching a 4D movie?
Hurry up and get rid of the dryad, it's time to lift the shackles!
At the third watch of the night, the dense forest covered the moon, the dead and silent woods were covered with mist, and a rotten breath filled the surroundings. Ning Caichen hugged the Sanskrit "Diamond Sutra" handed to him by Yan Chixia during the day, and shivered, although the fire was burning, a chill rose from behind. Suddenly a strong wind blows, doors and windows rattle, and bonfires flicker.
Zhou Bai felt an annoying aura gradually approaching from a distance. "The Dryad is coming. Yan Chixia nodded, "Heaven and Earth are infinite and Qiankun borrows the law!" The palm of her hand drew the Taiji diagram and pushed it forward, only to see a red light shooting into the distance, "Ah!!" A painful cry like a man and a woman came, "Stinky Taoist! I have no grievances with you in the past and no enmity in the near future, why rob me of ghosts!!"
"Demons and evil people, everyone gets and punishes them, how can there be so many whys, I Yan Chixia still need a reason for the way of heaven!!!
"Hmph~ Don't be ashamed. I've been fighting you for half a year, and I know all your methods. Although the ashes of my subordinates yesterday were related to you, they were certainly not your means. I have asked for the help of the Black Mountain Lord, and I will definitely fall you here this time!"
The surrounding trees seemed to come to life, and the branches and leaves grew and twisted, as if they wanted to envelop the entire hall.
Zhou Bai was surprised, this tree demon didn't know her strength, she just took away the ash altar, she actually took a lot of trouble to directly invite the old demon of Montenegro. "Don't be surprised, if it weren't for the delicate mind of the city government, how could this tree demon cultivate for thousands of years. He didn't know you existed, but you made him feel a little wrong when you killed the female ghost. With his cautious character, how could he not investigate, since the investigation could not be carried out, it was better to directly invite out the old demon of Montenegro and directly crush the uneasiness with his strength. Zhou Bai was amazed, and the lion fought the rabbit with all his strength, because he was uneasy and directly showed his hole cards, although he didn't know what price this tree demon would pay, but this kind of caution could indeed be called a thousand-year-old demon.
"The three changes in Huangquan fell, and the fourth change in the ghost gate was opened. We have to kill the dryad before the fourth watch, otherwise it will be difficult for the old demon of Montenegro to arrive. Yan Chixia looked cautious.
"Ning Caichen, you protect yourself, Brother Zhou Bai and I will go to kill the Dryad Body. Yan Chixia pulled up Zhou Bai's imperial sword and rose up, breaking through the layers of branches, and the thunder in her palm continued to bombard, opening a path with difficulty.
"Scholar, go to death!!" Just as Ning Caichen was trembling and squatting next to the urn with the Vajra Sutra in his arms, a branch flashed like a spear and shot out from behind him. Before Ning Caichen could react, the tip of the tree had already reached his back, and the moment he pierced his robe, a white light lit up behind him, warm and clean. "Ah!! what is this?!!! "The branches of the trees melted like snow and the rain melted away, and they turned to ashes.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhou put another page of righteous songs on my back, otherwise I would have died directly through my heart. Ning Caichen felt afraid, and cold sweat poured out.
"The fog is getting thicker and thicker, and we seem to be going around in circles. β
"We have to hurry, we wanted to follow the Dryad's transfer of the tiger away from the mountain to get rid of its body directly. Now lost in the woods by the thick fog. Ning Shusheng may not be able to support it for long. β
"Let me go down first. Zhou Bai stood on the flat ground, his expression solemn, and he chanted with his head held high. "Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds are endowed with manifolds! The lower is the river, and the upper is the sun and the stars. Yu people say Haoran, full of gloom. When the imperial road is cleared, the sound of "Han and Tuming Ting........" resounded like thunder throughout the world, and the demon fog shook and dispersed. In an instant, the sky and the earth were clear, and the twisted trees no longer covered each other, and the moonlight sprinkled for the first time in this man-eating deep forest!
"Heaven and earth are mighty!Righteousness lasts forever!!"
Yan Chixia was disturbed by this inexplicable aura, and the aura in her body was almost agitated. It is worthy of the mighty qi of the strange power of the gods, and the qi of the Buddha and the Tao will be disturbed by it.
At the end of the eye, it is the gloomy locust tree that covers the sky and the moon!